# DBOS

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Podcast: [Postgres FM](https://stenobird.com/podcast/postgres-fm-5565051)
Published: 2026-07-24T13:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/6b9df9ff
Audio file: https://media.transistor.fm/6b9df9ff/e7d4d59f.mp3
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Duration seconds: 2350

## Resource

Nik and Michael are joined by Qian Li and Peter Kraft to talk about DBOS, an open source platform for durable workflows built on Postgres. Here are some links to things they mentioned: Qian Li https://postgres.fm/people/qian-li Peter Kraft https://postgres.fm/people/peter-kraft DBOS https://www.dbos.dev Temporal https://temporal.io Gadget's use of Postgres https://postgres.fm/episodes/gadgets-use-of-postgres Postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY blog post from Recall AI https://www.recall.ai/blog/postgres-listen-notify-does-not-scale Postgres 19 commit that improves LISTEN/NOTIFY, avoiding waking backends that have no need to process the notification messages https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commitdiff;h=282b1cde9 PgQue https://github.com/NikolayS/pgque pg_durable https://github.com/microsoft/pg_durable Absurd https://github.com/earendil-works/absurd LISTEN/NOTIFY performance considerations (docs patch submitted by Nik) https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/CAM527d8oDVb2K%2BtTjpjLkd7g14HLDiwwnvv%3Drcn4BMEs%3DMatkQ%40mail.gmail.com#1b6fa752a96aad22bd8ef794fbaf3ea1 ~~~ What did you like or not like? What should we discuss next time? Let us know via a YouTube comment, on social media, or by commenting on our Google doc ! ~~~ Postgres FM is produced by: Michael Christofides, founder of pgMustard Nikolay Samokhvalov, founder of Postgres.ai With credit to: Jessie Draws for the elephant artwork

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